Westchester-ite Featured In `Show Me a Hero` Astorino Visits Clinton

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Westchester-ite Featured
In ‘Show Me a Hero’
“Show Me A Hero” Director David Simon, left, with actor and Westchester native Clayton
LeBouef.
By Dan Murphy
The HBO Miniseries “Show Me a Hero,”
which debuts Aug. 16, features Westchester and
the City of Yonkers during a housing desegregation crisis in 1985. Thirty years later, as Yonkers
has turned the corner on its past, the six-episode
television series will depict not only the historic
chain of events, but one actor who lived in Yonkers and in the housing projects that are featured
Continued on Page 4
By Joel J. Sprayregen
Schumer, Can We Believe Ye in
Summer as We Did in Winter?
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer in an “Emergency Committee for Israel” advertisement on the Iran
nuclear deal.
By Joel J. Sprayregen
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) leadership
is indispensable if there is any hope of Congressional disapproval of Obama’s capitulation Deal
with Iran. It will take at least 13 Democratic senators to override an inexorable Obama veto.
Schumer said in February: “A nuclear Iran is
an unacceptable scenario. I believe the only way
Iran will voluntarily stop their march for nuclear
weapons is if they know tougher and tougher
sanctions will be enacted if they fail to come to
a strong agreement that prohibits them from obtaining nuclear weapons.”
Obama has now inked his deal with Iran and
made a swift end run around Congress to have
it blessed by the U.N. Security Council. Iran
promises to diminish some nuclear development
activities for eight to 15 years. Despite Obama’s
earlier representations that he was negotiating
to “dismantle” Iran’s development of nuclear
weapons, his deal allows Iran to acquire nuclear
Continued on Page 8
DiNapoli: Tax Cap Will
Drop Below 1% in 2016
New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s recent announcement that the state’s property tax
cap for the 2016 fiscal year will be 0.73 percent
is good news for the overburdened Westchester
homeowner and taxpayer.
DiNapoli’s press release stated: “Property
tax growth for local governments will be capped
at less than 1 percent for the 2016 fiscal year…
The report noted the allowable tax levy growth
factor will be 0.73 percent for entities that operate
on a calendar-based fiscal year – which includes
all counties, towns, fire districts, 44 cities and 10
villages.
“Local government officials need to brace for
the lowest growth in their property tax revenue in
the tax cap era,” continued DiNapoli. “Municipalities may have to operate differently under these
new limits. Even tougher budget choices may be
required on staffing levels, delivery of services,
fund balance reductions and deferral of capital and
infrastructure projects. And if inflation trends continue, it is possible that some local governments
with fiscal years beginning later in 2016 – including school districts – could be faced with zero
growth in property tax revenue.”
The tax cap, which first applied to local governments beginning in 2012, limits tax levy increases to the lesser of the rate of inflation or 2
percent, with some exceptions, including a provision that allows municipalities to override the cap.
DiNapoli estimates that next year, more than
1,800 calendar-year local governments will have
roughly $88.3 million less in tax levy growth compared to what they had in 2015 when the factor
was 1.56 percent, and $135.1 million less than
they would have had when the factor was at 2 percent as in 2012 and 2013.
The comptroller also projected that the potential impact of levy restrictions for school districts (which have fiscal years beginning July 1)
could range from a loss of $182.7 million, assuming a factor of 0.73 percent, to a loss of $332.6
million, assuming a factor of zero. These ranges
are in comparison to the 2015-16 tax levy cap of
1.62 percent.
To read the report, visit: www.osc.state.ny.us/
localgov/pubs/research/snapshot/taxcaptightens0715.pdf.
The NYS property tax cap, enacted in 2011,
was extended for four years by Gov. Andrew
Cuomo and the State Legislature this summer.
While DiNapoli sounded the alarm for local governments and school districts and the difficulties
they may face living under the cap next year, our
same local governments and school districts have
squeezed savings, efficiencies and have lived under the cap for the past without the sky falling, or
any disastrous effects.
Exemptions that each government and school
district can use that are not counted toward the
tax cap could bring the final tax levy increase to
around 2 percent.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Astorino Visits Clinton
Home in Chappaqua
HUD’s Westchester Affordable Housing Test Case Goes National
County Executive Rob Astorino, right, leaves a message for Hillary Clinton at her Chappaqua
home.
By Dan Murphy
2014 benchmark for financing under the 2009
As Westchester County continues to build federal housing settlement, which calls for the
and comply with its affordable housing settle- building of 750 units of affordable housing in 31
ment with the U.S. Department of Housing and mostly white municipalities.
Urban Development, County Executive Rob AsHowever, seven months later, the DOJ filed
torino continues to oppose and highlight what he legal papers saying the court should pay no atcalls HUD’s “overreach” and its “grand experi- tention to the letter, the units shouldn’t count and
ment” to supersede land use regulations and zon- the county should be held in contempt.
ing codes in local gov“The federal governernments that have what
ment’s assault on our loHUD calls “exclusionary
cal communities in West‘While zoning and
zoning.”
chester is dumbfounding,
The agreement calls land use are generally shocking and counterprofor the county to spend
ductive,” said Astorino,
local matters, when who pointed to a pair of
$51 million to build 750
units of housing for lowunnoticed recent
local zoning or land largely
er-income residents in
events as proof that HUD
use practices violate is ready to take its afford31 so-called eligible, or
mostly white communithe Fair Housing Act, able housing experiment
ties, by the end of 2016.
in Westchester on a naAstorino
recently they become a federal tional scale.
visited the Chappaqua concern,’ HUD ruling.
This month, HUD
home of Bill and Hillary
announced a final rule,
Clinton to highlight the
called
“Affirmatively
issue. Chappaqua is one
Furthering Fair Housof the many communities that object to HUD’s ing,” which HUD wrote is aimed “to equip comdesignation or are having difficulty building af- munities that receive HUD funding with data
fordable housing units, based on their local zon- and tools to help them meet long-standing fair
ing codes.
housing obligations in their use of HUD funds.
The HUD settlement was reached in 2009 HUD will also provide additional guidance and
by then-County Executive
technical assistance to
Andy Spano. Astorino is
facilitate local decisionimplementing the terms
making on fair housing
‘A zip code should
of the settlement and the
priorities and goals for
never determine a
county is on track with fiaffordable housing and
community
developnancing or construction of
child’s future,’
ment.
the required units.
HUD Secretary
“For more than 40
Astorino stood in front
years, HUD funding reof the residence of New
Julián Castro.
cipients have been obliCastle’s most famous resigated by law to reduce
dent, Hillary Clinton, as he
barriers to fair housing,
warned that home rule, a
power long cherished in New York and which so everyone can access affordable, quality housgives localities the ability to pass laws to govern ing,” continued HUD. “Established in the Fair
themselves as they see fit, is being threatened by Housing Act of 1968, the law directs HUD and its
an increasingly abusive and overreaching federal program participants to promote fair housing and
government intent on socially re-engineering equal opportunity. This obligation was intended
to ensure that every perAmerica’s suburbs.
son in America has the
“The federal govright to fair housing,
ernment has a very dif‘HUD thinks it can
regardless of their race,
ferent agenda and vision
trample on
color, national origin,
for Westchester,” he said.
“In fact, HUD calls us its
Westchester, because religion, sex, disability
familial status. The
‘grand experiment.’ That
it has the misguided or
final rule aims to promeans Washington bureaucrats, who you will never notion that zoning and vide all HUD program
with clear
see or meet, want the powdiscrimination are the participants
guidelines and data they
er to determine who will
live where, and how each
same thing. They are can use to achieve those
neighborhood will look.
not. Zoning restricts goals.”
“As a former mayNow what’s at stake is the
or, I know firsthand that
fundamental right of our
what can be built,
communities
cities, towns and villages
not who lives there,’ strong
are vital to the wellto plan and zone for themCounty Executive
being and prosperity of
selves. This ‘home rule’
families,” added HUD
is guaranteed by the New
Rob Astorino.
Secretary Julián CasYork State Constitution.
tro. “Unfortunately, too
HUD thinks it can trample
on Westchester because it has the misguided no- many Americans find their dreams limited by
tion that zoning and discrimination are the same where they come from, and a zip code should
thing. They are not. Zoning restricts what can be never determine a child’s future. This important
step will give local leaders the tools they need
built, not who lives there.
“What’s at stake is who controls the future to provide all Americans with access to safe, afof our towns, villages and cities across the nation fordable housing in communities that are rich
– the people who actually live in them – or un- with opportunity.”
In a press release, HUD also wrote: “Federal
elected bureaucrats operating out of cubicles in
Washington,” continued Astorino. “What’s new officials said the new data rules are designed to
is that, if changes are not made, local control of provide communities with better tools to uncover patterns of segregation based on race or other
your neighborhood is on the way out.”
The U.S. Justice Department wants West- factors. It will be up to local governments to craft
chester County held in contempt of court and policies that help address such problems, not for
fined $60,000 a month, stemming from the re- the federal government to force new practices on
classification of 28 affordable housing units in them. But as a final resort, the federal governthe Chappaqua Station development. The fine ment can withhold money from communities
is based on a fee schedule that’s not included in that fail to address discriminatory policies.”
Astorino and others say the sweeping new
the settlement. In December, the Department of
Justice said the 28 units should count toward the
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PAGE 2 - WESTCHESTEr Rising - Friday, July 31, 2015
Photos Sought: Exhibit
Depicts Past 50 Years
Greenburgh Tries to Keep
Animal Shelter Open
The Pets Alive animal shelter in Elmsford is fighting to stay open.
A submitted photograph of Pope John Paul II waving to the crowd as he arrives at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers on Oct. 5, 1995. Photo by Mark Vergari/The Journal News.
After receiving many e mails and phone
calls from outraged residents of Greenburgh
and Westchester County who are alarmed about
the recent announcement that Pet’s Alive will
be shutting down its Elmsford no-kill shelter,
Town Supervisor Paul Feiner held a meeting
last week to explore future options.
“I have received e mails from other nonprofits,” he said. “They have expressed interest
in continuing to operate the shelter if Pet’s Alive
does not want to continue operating the facility. Because the land was donated to the shelter, I strongly believe that Pet’s Alive, which is
based in Middletown, should not be allowed to
sell the land and make a profit at the expense of
Westchester. Residents, animal lovers and community leaders need to strategize and plan an
aggressive effort to keep the shelter operating
here in Westchester.”
Many of the emails and phone calls were
from people who expressed shock and anger
that there was no warning given to volunteers
who devote thousands of hours to helping the
pets; shelter supporters were given no chance
to help Pet’s Alive avoid making this decision
to close down the shelter, said the supervisor.
Feiner, a former Westchester County legislator, was heavily involved in the efforts in the
late 1980s and early 1990s to save the Elmsford
Animal Shelter and worked on the effort, which
resulted in the current shelter being built.
“This shelter reminds me of David vs. Goliath,” he said. “Many have tried to shut down
the shelter over the years. But, thanks to the
hardworking, passionate and dedicated volunteers, no one has succeeded so far.”
Those wishing to get involved in the effort
to save the Elmsford Animal Shelter/Pet’s Alive
can email Feiner at pfeiner@greenburghny.
com.
Send your story ideas, photos,
announcements and upcoming
events to us at
A submitted photograph of the Tappan Zee Bridge as a backdrop as President Barack Obama
speaks from the Washington Irving Boat Club in Tarrytown on May 14, 2014. The president
spoke about the need for Congress to fund road and bridge improvements across the nation.
Photo by Seth Harrison/The Journal News.
dmurphy@rising mediagroup.com
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ArtsWestchester recently announced an
open call to photographers – both hobbyists
and professional alike – for images documenting Westchester’s most memorable moments
of the last 50 years.
“(The year) 2015 is a golden year for
ArtsWestchester,” said CEO Janet Langsam.
“We’re celebrating 50 years as Westchester County’s designated arts council and the
county’s connection for the arts. As we ready
ourselves for the next half-century, we are
pausing to look back and celebrate all the
milestones and memorable moments from
Westchester’s last five decades with a special
exhibition.”
To mark ArtsWestchester’s 50th anniversary, the organization will present “Through
the Decades: Picturing 50 Years in Westchester,” a photographic exhibition featuring archival and crowd-sourced photographs.
The public is invited to submit photographs for inclusion in the exhibition; their
favorite photos from Westchester’s most
memorable events can be submitted at artsw.
org/decades. Individuals may submit up to
five images (as jpegs or tiffs) in any of the
following categories: milestones in the arts/
culture, economic development, the changing landscape, celebrity neighbors and shared
tragedies.
Individuals may submit to one or multiple categories, but may submit no more than
five images in total. Photographs must have
been taken within the past 50 years and depict
events/people/places in Westchester from no
earlier than 1960.
The deadline for submissions has been
extended to Aug. 7. Photographers will be
notified of works chosen for the exhibition,
which will take place in ArtsWestchester’s
gallery on Mamaroneck Avenue in White
Plains no later than Aug. 21.
“Through the Decades: Photographing 50
Years in Westchester” is scheduled to be on
display from Oct. 5 to Nov. 21, with an opening reception planned for Sunday, Oct. 4.
For guidelines and more information,
visit: artsw.org/decades.
ArtsWestchester is the community’s connection to the arts. Founded in 1965, it is
the largest private, not-for-profit arts council
in New York State. Its mission is to provide
leadership, vision and support to ensure the
availability, accessibility and diversity of the
arts and cultural activities in the community..
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2015,
ArtsWestchester has plans to launch several
major initiatives, including implementing
increased artist residencies in Westchester
schools, which will help secure its legacy and
impact the cultural life of Westchester for the
future.
In 1998, ArtsWestchester purchased the
nine-story neo-classical bank building at
31 Mamaroneck Ave., which has since been
transformed into the Arts Exchange, a multiuse resource for artists, cultural organizations
and the community.
For more information, visit www.artswestchester.org or call 914-428-4220.
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FRidAy, July 31, 2015 - WESTCHESTER’S MOST iNFluENTiAl NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 3
Fun for All Ages at
New Rochelle Library
Chris Evers, director of animal embassy
Adventures abound at the New Rochelle
Public Library this summer! Whether it’s checking out great books and DVDs, being part of an
exciting workshop or enjoying a performance in
the Ossie Davis Theater, the library continues to
offer unique summer experiences for all ages.
A full listing of all weekly workshops for
children and teens, information about the daily
“Summer Fun on the Patio” at Huguenot Children’s Library and a wide array of classes and
services for adults can be found at www.nrpl.org.
In addition to the weekly workshops, a
number of family-friendly programs will take
place in the Ossie Davis Theater of the main library during the weeks of Aug. 10.
The final film in the Disney Summer Hit Parade series will be “Treasure Island,” which will
be shown Monday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. The 1950
classic film, considered one of Disney’s best,
brings to life Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless
tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Authentic
locales, rich color photography and musketroaring action set the stage for the stouthearted
heroics of young Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll)
– and the skullduggery of that wily, one-legged
pirate of all pirates, Long John Silver (Robert
Newton).
The color film runs 96 minutes.
On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a series of Films
from Picture Books for the Younger Set will provide enriching entertainment for children ages 2
to 6 years, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The stories
to be featured include “Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom,” “Wild About Books,” “Inch by Inch,”
“Five Creatures,” “Blueberries for Sal,” “A Story A Story” and “Millions of Cats.”
At 2 p.m. Aug. 12, children in grades two
to five are invited to join Animal Embassy for an
exciting South American adventure and a chance
to meet a spectacled owl, a red-foot tortoise, a
red-eyed tree frog, chinchillas, a boa constrictor
and more. Participants will have a chance to explore the Pantanal region of Brazil with amazing
photographs and stories.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served
to the 100-seat theater stage/meeting room.
***
Three members of the New Rochelle Public
Library’s Board of Trustees were inducted at the
board’s July 15 meeting; the length of terms was
determined by the May 19 election.
Charles Burke was inducted for a full fiveyear term, Damon Maher will complete the remaining three years of a five-year term, and
George Walters will complete the remaining two
years of a five-year term.
The board also elected the following officers for the 2015-16 year: Haina Just-Michael,
president; Emery Schweig, vice president; and
Charles Burke, secretary.
The Library Board of Trustees regularly
meets in the library’s Ossie Davis Theater on
the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.,
with a public-to-be-heard session at 8:15 p.m.
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This, Too, is the End
Of Eight O’Clock Coffee
By Eric W. Schoen
tional, at Cross County
The smell of freshCenter across from Macy’s
ly ground coffee as you
today (Gimbels years ago).
walked in the supermarket
At Finast, you would purdoor was a sign that, yes,
chase your groceries and
you were at the A&P. Quite
the cashier would put them
often you would hear the
in a container and wheel
loud noise coming from
it along the wheeled conthe red machines grinding
veyor belt to an area outthe beans. For coffee lovside the store. You would
ers, the scent enticed you to
then drive your car to the
not only buy the packaged
wheeled conveyor belt and
Eight O’Clock Coffee, but
pick up your groceries.
to fill your cart with a Jane
Then came the PathParker Crumb Cake.
mark on Central Avenue
Eric W. Schoen
We learned earlier this
at Highridge, followed by
week that our cherished A&P, as well as Path- another Pathmark on Central Avenue close to the
mark, Food Emporium and Waldbaum’s (now Scarsdale/Greenburgh border. Both stores exist
mainly on Long Island but once part of our local to this day. I still can’t figure out why Yonkers
grocery store lexicon), will soon be no more.
needs two Pathmarks within a mile of each other
Times are changing in the grocery store – but, hey, we have CVS stores within a mile of
business. ShopRite and Stop and Shop have built each other and Walgreens in very close proximbig, bright super stores and A&P, Pathmark, Food ity.
Emporium mainly in New York City and WaldWaldbaum’s on McLean Avenue by Central
baum’s on Long Island have not changed with Avenue (where A&P is today) and the Waldthe times. The company that owns A&P and its baum’s on Central Avenue where CVS recently
subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy this week.
opened (the old Patricia Murphy’s site) were
Most A&P and Pathmark stores locally are where the Jewish community shopped for their
relics of a grocery store world of the past. The famed “appetizing” (lox, whitefish, herring and
stores have not been updated in ages, are usually smoked fish) and food for the holidays.
not the cleanest and prices are quite often higher
Pathmark and Waldbaum’s opened fresh
than what you would find at Stop and Shop or bakery departments, putting a lot of small bakShopRite. The only automation they have intro- eries out of business. The baked goods sold in
duced in this computer age is the addition of self- grocery stores today are, for the most part, as
scanning checkouts.
good as those sold in old-style bakeries and often
Growing up, grocery shopping was not what at a fraction of the cost. Fresh fish departments
it is today. Most people shopped in little family- put fish stores out of business and in-store floral
owned stores close to where they lived. My dad shops forced many florists to shutter their doors.
One-stop shopping at bargain prices with
and his uncles operated those stores in Yonkers
on Warburton Avenue and later on Palmer Road, coupons and specials is what the consumer wants.
Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Stew Leonard’s,
where Palmer Dairy (or whatever it is called
Ms. Greentrees, Target and Wal-Mart are the
now) is today.
Some folks still remember the sign in the places where America shops today. In Hartsdale,
window on Palmer Road on Feb. 22, 1960, which where there is a large Asian population, Pathmark
read: “It’s a Boy!” That boy was me. A year later, was replaced by an H Mart, catering to the Asian
dad closed the store where he worked 24 hour a population who live in the area.
At Wal-Mart you can buy clothes for the
day to pursue other ventures.
I guess dad foresaw the opening of big gro- family, a swimming pool, a new television, a
cery stores, which at the time would put the little washing machine, Father’s Day cards, an inscribed birthday cake and apples and oranges in
guys out of business.
Living on Bruce Avenue, our neighborhood one trip to the store.
Target recently introduced curbside pickup
store was Saratoga Dairy, owned by Mr. Lauder,
Yonkers icon Marty Rochelle’s wife’s father. The at many of its stores; you order online and a Tarstore was later sold to Dr. Nader Sayegh and the get “team member” in a vest brings the diapers
Sayegh boys’ uncle, Gus. The Sayeghs that are for your child or toothpaste out to the car, which
now prominent, big shot doctors and lawyers in you have parked in the front of the store at the
designated pickup area. You don’t have to set
Yonkers all worked for Uncle Gus as kids.
The first real supermarket our fam- foot in the store to get all the items you want and
ily shopped at was Bohack’s, which opened on need!
Technology at work!
South Broadway north of Valentine Lane. They
New uses were found for the stores that
had everything and good prices – important for
middle-class families. Bohack’s delivered, or closed. The A&P on Yonkers Avenue by the
mom would fill up her wheeled shopping cart and Cross County Parkway became a CVS, and the
transport her groceries home, always worried that A&P further down on Yonkers Avenue closer to
Mount Vernon became a Walgreens. New uses
with delivery the frozen foods would melt.
As a former small grocery store owner, dad will be found for the A&P and Pathmark stores
cringed at mom shopping at Bohack’s, but prices that close.
Acme, a chain of supermarkets in New Jerand selection were far greater than at little Saratoga Dairy. We would still buy milk, bread and sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, will
the basics at Saratoga Dairy, similar to folks that take over the A&P locations in Bronxville, and
shop today at the bodegas that dot the landscape. Yonkers on Odell and McLean Avenues. Acme
In the mid 1970s grocery stores sprung up is part of the Albertson’s supermarket chain. Its
throughout Yonkers, including many A&Ps, mantra is fair prices and lots of tender loving
Daitch Shopwells, Smilen on South Broadway, care. Sounds good to me.
Bottom line is that Westchesterites will not
Key Foods on South Broadway and McLean, and
Double E on Central Avenue. Consumers had go hungry. With such hunger in the world, I guess
cars in which they could pile up with groceries we have to be thankful for that.
But I’ll miss the smell of the fresh ground
for the week. You shopped on Saturday as stores
were (for the most part) closed on Sunday and not Eight O’Clock Coffee. Thankfully, the Jane Parker crumb cake is long gone. It was never good for
open much later than 8 p.m.
Jane Parker and Ann Page (A for Ann, P for my diet!
Reach Eric Schoen at thistooisyonkers@aol.
Page) were some of the store-brand products sold
com and follow him on Twitter @ericyonkers.
at the A&P.
Mom had an obsession with A&P relish. Catch the Westchester Rising Radio Show featurShe would go once every few months to A&P being Dan Murphy and Eric Schoen on Thursdays
cause they sold some kind of magical relish she at 10 a.m. on WVOX 1460 on the A.M. dial, at
wvox.com (click on “listen live”), or via the moenjoyed.
Then came bigger stores like Grand Union bile application for download free from the APP
on McLean Avenue and Finast, aka First Na- store.
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Donations Benefit Diaper
Bank of Westchester
Diaper Bank volunteers with County Executive Rob Astorino, center.
County Executive Robert Astorino and the
Junior League of Central Westchester joined
with local State Farm Insurance agents to package diapers for the Westchester County Diaper
Bank last week at the JLCW headquarters in
Scarsdale. State Farm agents recently conducted
a drive that collected more than 4,400 diapers
and 2,700 wipes for the county’s Diaper Bank.
“Since we opened the Diaper Bank in November, we’ve distributed an average of 15,800
diapers each month to families in need,” said
Astorino. “That’s all thanks to the generosity of
our community and corporate partners. I’d like
to thank all the State Farm agents who contributed to this drive, as well as the Junior League of
Central Westchester for this tremendous partnership.”
Motivated by the motto “Changing Babies...
Changing Lives,” the Diaper Bank gives families an opportunity to apply for a package containing a week’s supply of diapers and wipes up
to three times a year per child. Intended to help
get families through the tough times, the Diaper
Bank serves families through the Department of
Social Services. The goal is to expand to serve
nonprofit agencies as well.
A family does not have to be an existing client of DSS to apply for diapers, although proof
of Westchester County residency and a child’s
birth certificate are required for eligibility. Applications can be obtained and submitted at any
of the county’s district offices – located in Mount
Vernon, Peekskill, White Plains and Yonkers – or
can be downloaded at jlcentralwestchester.org/
diaperbank.
Diapers are distributed on a monthly basis
from the district offices; applications are due approximately three weeks before the distribution
dates.
The Diaper Bank relies on donations, community drives and corporate sponsorships, and
Astorino and the JLCW expressed their thanks
to the State Farm agents that lead the donation
drive, including Vivian Lem, Gene Lanza, Tamara Lanza, Lisa Vitiello and Dalila Namy.
“The Junior League of Central Westchester
is extremely appreciative of the support for the
Diaper Bank from State Farm and our other outstanding community and corporate supporters,”
said Alison Messerle, JLCW president. “This has
been a wonderful collaboration with Westchester
County. Thank you to everyone.”
For more information about receiving or
donating diapers, contact the JLCW at 914-7236442, [email protected] or www.jlcentralwestchester.org.
Explore Traditions of
India at Kensico Dam
County Executive Robert Astorino invites
all to take in the exotic sights, sounds and flavors of distant India during the annual Heritage
of India Festival on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 12:30
to 6:30 p.m. at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla.
The festival will feature the delicious foods
of India, live music, folk dancing and cultural
performances. There will also be a fashion show
featuring colorful native clothing. Festival-goers
can create their own fashion by decorating themselves with Mehndi, the henna bridal make-up
that dates back to ancient India.
Visitors can also browse a merchandise bazaar where a variety of vendors will be selling
Indian clothing, jewelry, CDs, DVDs and Indian
cuisine. Traditional Rangoli art and other craft
exhibitions will be on display, as well.
Admission and parking are free, and the
event will be held rain or shine. Bring blankets
or chairs for informal seating on the lawn or under the tent.
The Heritage of India Festival is sponsored
by Westchester County Parks, the Indian-American Cultural Association of Westchester, Westchester Medical Center and St. John’s Riverside
Hospital.
For vendor information, call Himanshu
Pandya at 914-760-5913, or 914-864-PARK; or
visit www.parks.westchestergov.com.
The Kensico Dam Plaza is located at the
north end of the Bronx River Parkway in Valhalla.
Jewish Fest Wraps Up
Cultural Celebrations
Residents are invited to celebrate and enjoy
Jewish music traditions during the 41st annual
Jewish Music and Arts Festival of Westchester
on Sunday, Aug. 16 from noon to 6 p.m. at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla.
The festival wraps up Westchester County’s
series of cultural heritage celebrations for 2015.
Musical entertainment includes headliner
Bobby Doowah, Welt from the Jewish Community of France, Westchester Klezmer, Cantor
Randy Herman with members of Kol Hazzanim
and Nafshenu Orchestra. There will also be Israeli dancing by Camp Zeke, family entertainment including face painting and balloon artistry
by Maria, and children’s activities with PJ Library.
Kosher food will be available for purchase
and vendor exhibition will consist of Jewish art
and Judaica.
Admission and parking are free, and the
event will be held rain or shine. Bring blankets
or chairs for seating on the lawn.
The Jewish Music and Arts Festival of Westchester is presented by the Westchester Jewish
Council, the Westchester Klezmer Program, Kol
Hazzanim and the Cantors of Westchester, in cooperation with Westchester County Parks.
For more information, contact the Westchester Jewish Council at [email protected]
or 914-328-7001; call 914-864-PARK; or visit
www.parks.westchestergov.com.
The Kensico Dam Plaza is located in Valhalla at the north end of the Bronx River Parkway.
Op-Ed: 40 Years Since James
Riddle Hoffa Disappeared
July 30, 2015 will be the 40th anniversary
of the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa,
president of the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters.
He was a man that tried to help unionize
workers across the country to stop the evils of
“corporate America,” such as low wages, zero
benefits and brutal working conditions that are
certainly pervasive today. However, he was
connected to “Cosa Nostra” from his early 20
that led to his death. They used the teamsters’
pension funds as a “piggy bank” during the
time that Hoffa was president, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.
His relationship contravened J. Edgar
Hoover’s statement that “there is no organized
crime problem in this country.” The 1957 meeting in Appalachia of the most reputed mob figures changed that perception. He developed an
acrimonious relationship with Robert F. Kennedy who vigorously prosecuted “Cosa Nostra.”
In 1971, when Hoffa was pardoned by
Richard Nixon, Hoffa said of Kennedy: “I had
no respect for him in life and less respect for
him in death.” His relationship with Cosa Nostra led to the idolatry that they have had for
generations. Cosa Nostra has always been the
biggest “welfare recipients.” Many times, when
cigarettes, milk, fish or a suit is purchased or a
house is built or sanitation is processed, you are
putting taxpayer dollars in their hands.
There are plenty of people in this county
that will praise them and demonize the poor.
Hoffa’s disappearance in 1975 has been
speculated about by many. Tony Provenzano,
Chuckie O’Brien and the Detroit mob have
been suspected of possible involvement. Like
many other killings and assassinations, we will
probably never know who did it. His efforts to
become Teamsters president again was one of
the main reasons he disappeared.
Clifford Jackson
Larchmont
Inmate’s Wife Allegedly
Smuggles Drugs into Jail
Westchester County
plete search of the entire jail
facility to locate any remainPolice last week charged a
ing illegal contraband, and
White Plains woman with
teams of police and correcpassing suspected synthetic
tion officers, supplemented
marijuana to her inmate
by narcotics detection cahusband during a July 19
nines, swept all cells and
visit, which sickened priscommon areas at the jail.
oners at the jail on several
The investigation into
occasions this month.
the recent incidents includEbony Strange, 32, of
ed a review of visitor logs
Martin Luther King Blvd.,
and security camera video
was formally charged at 8
from the jail’s visiting area
p.m. Wednesday following
and cellblocks. Investigators
an investigation by Westalso conducted interviews
chester County Police dewith inmates, visitors and
tectives and members of the
staff.
Department of Correction
Strange was taken into
Special Investigations Unit.
Ebony Strange
custody at her home and
Strange was charged
was charged following inwith second-degree promoting prison contraband, a misdemeanor, and terviews conducted by detectives from the Genreleased pending a July 30 appearance in Mount eral Investigations Unit.
She is married to Deron Strange, 31, of
Pleasant Town Court. The charge could be upPort Chester, who was charged earlier in the
graded pending the results of laboratory tests.
“Westchester County has zero tolerance week with second-degree promoting prison
when it comes to illegal contraband being contraband, based on the remains of a burnt
smuggled into our jail to be used by inmates hand-rolled cigarette that was found following
and prisoners,” said County Executive Robert a search of his cell. Tests are under way to conAstorino. “I would like to thank the county po- firm the substance it contains.
An additional five prisoners were charged
lice and the Department of Correction for their
diligent investigation in getting to the bottom of with promoting prison contraband this week for
also being in possession of small amounts of
these recent incidents.”
The inmate illnesses began July 12, when drugs or drug paraphernalia.
In a related development, correction ofthree prisoners became sick at separate times
during the day. An additional six prisoners be- ficers last week seized 40 glassine envelopes
came ill July 19, and four more July 20. All containing a white powder believed to be herowere treated at local hospitals after exhibiting in that a visitor attempted to pass to an inmate.
signs of drug use or drug overdose and were re- The inmate and visitor will each be charged
with first-degree promoting prison contraband,
turned to the jail the same day.
On Monday night, Astorino ordered a com- a felony.
Westchester-ite
Continued from Page 1
it the show.
Actor Clayton LeBouef was born in Yonkers
in 1954 and lived in the Schlobohm housing projects on Palisades Avenue in downtown Yonkers.
His memories of growing up in Yonkers during
the 1960s and 1970s (before the desegregation
crisis) are mostly positive.
“I wanted to be a baseball player growing up,
and loved sports,” he said. “I played for the Pacoy
Little League, and the Exchange Club and Rotary
Club gave us uniforms to play. I went to School
6 and I could see the Palisades and the Hudson
River on my walk to school every day.”
Like every family living in the Schlobohm
Houses and low-income housing units, economics are always an issue and a problem, according
to LeBouef.
“Your parents have interesting conversations and it didn’t take long for children to know
at 5 years old that we needed money,” he said.
“I looked forward to getting out of my apartment
and going to school or playing ball.”
LeBouef said he remembers Schlobohm
as being interracial growing up. “It was a good,
clean place to live and was built for families in the
1960s,” he said. “Later on it started to get weird
with drugs and single mothers.”
After LeBouef’s dream (that many of us had)
of becoming a sports star ended, a summer arts
camp in Saratoga changed his life and career path.
“I was afraid to take advantage of a free
program called Project PEP, aimed to encourage
potential in the arts,” he said. “I wanted to stay
home with my friends, but my mom told me to go
and give it a try…I had a lot of friends but tried to
go to certain places by myself. I always tell kids
today, ‘leave the pack it doesn’t make sense.’ Get
a girl or do something. If you hang out with seven
guys, usually something stupid is going to happen.”
LeBouef remembers his mother as a lightskinned black woman, being treated differently.
“There was envy and jealousy – even in my own
family – about my mom and my unusual light
skin and hair,” he said. “I was never interested in
it but people would ask about our background.”
LeBouef attended Yonkers High School
and was not interested in getting good grades. “I
didn’t do my homework and I had to go to summer school one year,” he said. “My mom and my
dad pushed me to do better. We had a good interracial makeup and relations at Yonkers H.S. It was
part of the hippie generation in the late 1960s.”
In the 11th grade, teacher John Frederico
asked LeBouef to audition for a play.
“I loved it,” he said. “I got the lead role and
it brought my mom and dad together – they both
showed up for the show.”
In the 12th grade, LeBouef got the lead in
a non-traditional performance of “The King and
I.” Another play in high school, “The Dutchman,”
about a white girl who seduces a black man on a
subway train and ends up killing him, influenced
LeBouef.
“The school didn’t want us to do this play but
we got permission and had an after-show discussion,” he explained. “We had serious discussions
about race and racial relations. I realized then that
theater could be serious.”
LeBouef attended Carnegie Melon University, learning more about acting along the way. His
last years in Yonkers were in 1975-76.
Many years of acting, and theater, led LeBouef to noted television roles in “Homicide: Life
on the Street” from 1993-99, as well as “Law and
Order: Criminal Intent.”
In 2002 he played Wendell “Orlando” Blocker in seven episodes of “The Wire,” and began his
working relationship and friendship with Director
David Simon.
“I played Orlando in the First Episode of
‘The Wire,’ who was killed off for snitching,” said
LeBouef. “After that scene, David said it was a
pleasure working together and that if another season was ordered he would try to bring me back…
David also said, ‘I have another project coming
up – it’s about the City of Yonkers.’ He handed me
a book by Lisa Belkin called ‘Show Me a Hero.’
David didn’t know I was from Yonkers, and when
I told him he laughed.
“My father (Clayton LeBouef Sr.) was involved in the racial dynamic of the desegregation
crisis in Yonkers,” continued the actor. “David
wanted to meet Bob Mayhawk, a friend of my father’s who was hired to educate tenants in the new
housing about life in their new neighborhood. We
traveled to Kansas City together to meet Bob,
who was reluctant to talk.”
As he did in his critically acclaimed work in
“The Wire,” LeBouef said he believes Simon will
find the same success in “Show Me a Hero.”
“David was able to present the intricacies
of the urban experience in ‘The Wire,’” he said.
“It’s not just about drugs, but the underground
economy and the people who can’t find work but
have to make money, so they end up in the drug
trade. It’s a sad story about black people in this
country.”
The timing of this mini-series couldn’t be
better, according to LeBouef. “It discusses a serious topic, about people trying to hold onto a certain way of life,” he said. “And what we have seen
in Ferguson, Baltimore and with the Confederate
Flag, the issue still exists.
“I think David will nail the other part of the
story – how politics works and how, while we are
all Americans, we are not treated equally,” continued LeBouef. “I don’t use the term ‘AfricanAmerican’ to identify myself because we are not
and have not been treated as Americans. I’m a
60-year-old black man who has grown up mistrusting the system…
“While I wasn’t in Yonkers during the timeframe of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ I heard the troubles
while speaking with my parents on the phone,
and I saw how children make the wrong decisions in life because they don’t have anyone to
teach them because their parents are imbalanced
or not around,” he concluded. “I left Yonkers to
follow my dream, but a lot of kids stayed and followed the crowd. That’s life and it’s sad. I feel
very blessed.”
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GDC Unveils Plans for
Luxury Rental Building
Legal Notices
SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff
against
ROBERT ANGOT, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 16, 2015.
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Westchester
County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, White Plains, N.Y. on
the 10th day of August, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
Said premises known as 50 Tighe Road, Somers, N.Y. 10589.
(Section: 16.10, Block: 4, Lot: 24 & 27).
Approximate amount of lien $ 560,867.94 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 0006498-10. Robert D. Ryan, Esq., Referee.
A rendering of a planned 55-unit luxury apartment building in Yonkers.
The Ginsburg Development Companies
unveiled a plan today for a 55-unit luxury apartment building in the Greystone neighborhood of
Yonkers as the latest project in its GDC Rentals
brand.
The three-story building at 1175-1183 Warburton Ave. would be built one block north of
River Tides at Greystone, GDC’s much larger,
330-unit complex that is under construction.
Apartments in the new building would
boast 10-foot ceiling heights, oversized windows, wood laminate flooring, contemporary
kitchen and bath designs and indoor garage
parking. A deck over the parking would become
a landscaped courtyard.
Residents would have their own gym and
club room in the building, and would also be
able to use the full amenities of River Tides,
including the fitness center, spa, pool and sundeck – as well as a private path to the Greystone
Metro-North Train Station.
The four-parcel site was the location of a
planned residential development by a previous
owner that failed during the real estate crash of
2008. GDC expects to break ground in spring
2016 with construction on the building expected
to take approximately one year.
“We are making a major investment in the
Greystone neighborhood of Yonkers with River
Tides,” said GDC Principal Martin Ginsburg,
whose firm presented the latest plans to the Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals on July 21.
The proposal is compliant with the site’s
zoning in terms of building height, density, unit
count and parking requirements. GDC is seeking some minor area variances to accommodate
bay windows and balconies and a site coverage
variance to allow for the landscaped deck and
courtyard.
“We believe this blighted assemblage of
four deteriorating homes was hurting the value
of the neighborhood,” continued Ginsburg. “So
we are excited to propose this project to add an
attractive, highly desirable building that will enhance the entire neighborhood.”
The 1177 Warburton Ave. project is the
sixth luxury rental project under construction or
in development by GDC in the Hudson Valley
corridor. Like most of the other projects, 1177
Warburton Ave. would feature spectacular Hudson River views and easy access to mass transit
for commuters to New York City.
Altogether, GDC Rentals projects are adding almost 900 luxury apartments and townhomes to the region – half of them in Yonkers.
Last month, the company celebrated the
grand opening of the 106-unit Riverside at
Harbors-at-Haverstraw. Also last month, GDC
announced plans to build 178 apartments and
20 townhomes in a Peekskill project that would
also transform the former St. Mary’s Convent
into a tourist destination with a spa, inn and restaurant.
Last year, GDC began construction of Harbor Square, a 188-unit luxury rental development on the Ossining waterfront, and the River
Tides at Greystone. Both will be ready for occupancy in 2016.
Last month in Hastings-on-Hudson, GDC
broke ground on The Lofts on Saw Mill River,
which will feature 66 loft-style rental apartments in three buildings.
Legal Notices
SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-4,
ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-4, Plaintiff
against
VIGLA CLARKE, et al Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 15, 2015.
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Westchester
County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, White Plains, N.Y. on
the 19th day of August, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.
Said premises known as 35 Ninth Avenue, North AKA 35 North 9th Avenue, Mount
Vernon, N.Y. 10550.
Tax account number: SBL # : 165.61-1085-30.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
145 Huguenot Street - Suite 210
New Rochelle, New York 10801
(914) 636-8900
#3159
07/10 - 07/31
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2005-12,
MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-12, Pltf. vs. EILEEN
ZIDI, ADRIAN ZIDI, Defts. Index #69619/2012. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure
and sale dated June 4, 2015, I will sell at public auction in the lobby of the Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., White Plains, NY on
Aug. 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. prem. k/a 2130 Hunter Brook Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY
a/k/a Section 36.13, Block 1, Lot 11. Approx. amt. of judgment is $561,219.76 plus
costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms
of sale. BARBARA L. GIONTA, Referee. FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN &
GORDON, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore, NY. File No. 57714 - #86353
#3161
07/17/2015 – 08/07/2015
SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff against SIDNEY I. BERGER, LAUREN BERGER A/K/A LAUREN IRMA, YETERIAN BERGER A/K/A IRMA YETERIAN, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and
dated June 30, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the
Lobby of the Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
White Plains, NY on September 1, 2015 at 9:00 am premises
situate, lying and being in the City of New Rochelle, County of Westchester and State
of New York, known and designated as Lot Numbers 16, 27 and the westerly portion
of Lot 102 including all that part of the lane lying between the Northerly line of Lot
Number 27 and the southerly line of Lot Number 16, as shown and designated on
a certain map entitled, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Sea View Avenue, where the division line
between Lots 15 and 16 on said map; RUNNING THENCE along the said division
between Lots 15 and 16 on said ma, 1225.55 feet to land formerly of Stephenson Estate; THENCE along land formerly of the Stephenson Estate and through the center
of a stone wall, the following courses and distances: 1. South East 34 feet; 2. South
East 25.22 feet; 3. South East 52.75 feet; 4. South East 38.07 feet; 5. South East 29.3
feet; 6. South East 33.64 feet; 7. South East 87.73 feet; 8. South East 109.86 feet;
THENCE along the shore of Echo Bay and along the face of a retaining wall, North
East 19.34 feet; THENCE still along the same, North East 53.3 feet to a cross on said
wall; THENCE North West 155.02 feet; THENCE North West 117.74 feet; THENCE
crossing said lane, the followings courses and distances: 1. North West 1.55 feet; 2.
North East 6.6 feet to the southerly line of Sea View Avenue the running Westerly
along the Southerly line of Sea View Avenue, on a curve having a radius of 223.0 feet,
a distance of 50 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
ALSO ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the South side of Seaview Avenue at the dividing
line between Lot Numbers 15 and 16 as laid down on said map; RUNNING THENCE
South West 122.55 feet; THENCE North West 50 feet; THENCE Northerly through
Lot No. 15 to a point in the southerly boundary line of Sea View Avenue; THENCE
Easterly the curved Southerly line of Seaview Avenue, 25 feet to the point or place of
BEGINNING.
Said premises known as 49 SEAVIEW AVENUE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Approximate amount of lien $ 1,472,614.98 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only
to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against
the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Index Number 69065/2013.
CHARLES A. D’AGOSTINO, ESQ., Referee
Sweeney Gallo Reich & Bolz, LLP
95-25 Queens Blvd, 11th Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374
#3166
07/31/15 – 08/21/15
Index No. 60559-13. Joseph G. Goubeaud, Jr., Esq., Referee.
Fein Such & Crane, LLP
1400 Old Country Road – Suite C103
Westbury, N.Y. 11590
“If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only
to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against
the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s attorney.”
#3162
07/17/15 – 08/07/15
Notice is hereby given that
an order entered by the Supreme Court Westchester
County, on July 23rd, bearing Index No. 2210/15, a
copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk,
located at 110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 3rd ﬂoor,
White Plains, N.Y. grants
Erin Anne Mandeel the right
to assume the name Erin
Anne McLaughlin.
Present address is: 533
Marietta Avenue. And my
date of birth is: January 25th,
1997 and my place of birth is
Northern Westchester Hospital, 400 Main St, Mount
Kisco, NY 10549.
#3165
07/31/2015
Legal Notices
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watches, gold, comics, sports cards, etc.
Please call Aaron at 914-654-1683.
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Spring term! ... Celebrate by joining
Westchester Adult Jewish Education for one
or more of these exciting classes: Jewish Art
Workshop (Exploring the connection between
your name and soul through the tradition of
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or call Alice Tenney, Director, at 914-3287001 ext. 704.
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NOTICE OF SALE
ONEWEST BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB,
Plaintiff
-againstNATHAN WOODS A/K/A NATHAN EUGENE WOODS A/K/A NATHAN WOOD A/K/A
NATHAN EUGENE WOOD, YVONNE LAMBERT, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, MT. VERNON
HOSPITAL, Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly dated MAY 20, 2015
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at THE
LOBBY OF THE COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 111 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BOULEVARD, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK on August 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM
premises known as 125 SOUTH 11TH AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550.
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements
thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Mount Vernon, County of
WESTCHESTER and State of New York.
Section 165.77 Block 3024 Lot 31
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 54327/2014
ANTHONY J. KEOGH, ESQ., REFEREE
STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514
DATED: July 09, 2015
FILE # INDY FF 64885
#3163 07/17/15 – 08/07/15
NOTICE OF SALE
ONEWEST BANK N.A., F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB
Plaintiff
-againstMICHAEL EDWARD WASHINGTON A/K/A MICHAEL E. WASHINGTON, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NY FINANCIAL SERVICES
LLC, ATLANTIC CREDIT & FINANCE INC., CACH, LLC, INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESTON WILLIAMS, Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly dated MAY 7, 2015
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at THE
LOBBY OF THE COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 111 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BOULEVARD, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK on August 11, 2015 at 9:30 AM
premises known as 52 7TH STREET, PELHAM, NY 10803.
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Village of
North Pelham, Town of Pelham, County of WESTCHESTER and State of New York.
Section 159.77 Block 1 Lot 17
Approximate amount of lien $474,714.28 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 62108/2014
DAVID B. GELFARB, ESQ. ,REFEREE
STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514
DATED: July 02, 2015
FILE #: INDY FF 66139
#3158 07/10/15 – 07/31/15
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. COLIN LEESANG, NANETTE OLIVER-LEESANG,
ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 11, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Westchester County Courthouse,
Lobby, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, White Plains, NY on August 11, 2015
at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 519 6th Avenue, Pelham, NY. All that certain plot,
piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate,
lying and being in the Town of Pelham, County of Westchester and State of New York,
Section 159.77, Block 1 and Lot 12. Approximate amount of judgment is $557,620.26
plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment
Index # 50074/13.
Nicholas P. Barone, Esq., Referee
Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliott, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, NY 10523,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
#3157 07/10/15 – 07/31/15
Notice of formation of Shropshire LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on March 11, 2015.
Office location: Westchester
County. The street address
is: PO Box 45, Mt Vernon,
NY 10552. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
served to: Shropshire LLC,
PO Box 45, Mt Vernon NY
10552. Purpose: any lawful
act.
#664006/26-07/31
Notice of formation of Ngethe
Maina LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on March 11, 2015.
Office location: Westchester
is: PO Box 45, Mt Vernon, NY
10552. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process served to:
Ngethe Maina LLC, PO Box
45, Mt Vernon NY 10552.
Purpose: any lawful act.
#664106/26-07/31
Notice of formation of Civetta
Mechanical LLC Arts. Of Org.
filed with the Sect’y of State
of NY (SSNY) on 05/27/15.
Office location: Westchester. The street address is: 42
Scarsdale Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
served to: Civetta Mechanical LLC, 42 Scarsdale Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583.
Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of Fred
Straus Realty, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
2/13/15. Office location:
Westchester County. The
street address is: 21 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers, NY
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process served to: 21
Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers,
NY 10701. Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6643 06/26 – 07/31
#6644 06/26 – 07/31
Notice of formation of TANGLED CROWNS LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
6/16/2015. Office location:
Westchester County. The
street address is: 57 Ashland
Street New Rochelle, NY
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process served to:
TANGLED CROWNS LLC
57 Ashland Street New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose:
any lawful act.
Notice of formation of RANDOM THOUGHTS LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
January 29th, 2015. Office location: Westchester
is: 1 Martin Rd. Yonkers, NY
mail process served to: Alexandra Carolina Vivas Lopez,
559 West 149th St. Apt 4.
New York, NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful act.
#6646 07/10 - 08/14
#6647 07/10 - 08/14
Notice of formation of Ema
Saito, LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company
(LLC), filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 05/22/15. Office location:
Westchester County. Principal office of LLC: 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon who
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process to United State Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn
NY 11228.
Notice of formation of Hurricane & Lighting, LLC, a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 06/12/15. Office
location: Westchester County. Principal office of LLC:
7014 13th Avenue, Suite
202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon who process
SSNY shall mail process to
United State Corporation
Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn
NY 11228.
#6649--7/17--8/21
Notice of Formation of Do
Honest Work LLC. Art. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/2015.
Office: Westchester County.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
SSNY shall mail copy of process to: LLC, 209 Garth RD,
5F, Scarsdale, NY 10583.
Purpose: any lawful business, purpose or activity.
#6651 07/17 - 08/21
Notice of formation of Gatma, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Sect’y of State of
NY (SSNY) on 6/17/2015.
Office location: Westchester.
The street address is:134
South 1st Avenue. SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
process served to: Everett
H Gillespie, 134 South 1st
Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY
10550. Purpose: any lawful
act.
#664206/26-07/31
Notice of formation of PersonalityBest, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
June 29, 2015. Office location: Westchester County.
The street address is: 15
Rambling Brook Rd., Chappaqua, NY 10514. SSNY has
served to: Pamela Brown, 15
Rambling Brook Rd., Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose:
any lawful act.
#6645 07/10 - 08/14
Notice of formation of Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation
LLC: Art. of Org. filed with
Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on 5/26/15. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has
SSNY shall mail process to:
200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
#6648 07/17 - 08/21
Notice of Formation of Macula Designs, LLC Art. Of Org.
filed with SSNY on 7/6/15.
Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty.
SSNY desig. as agent of the
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC, 144 Hidden Hollow
Lane Millwood, NY 10546.
Purpose: any lawful.
#6652 07/24 - 08/28
#6650--7/17--8/21
Notice of formation of Zero
Feet Per Second Media LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with the
Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on July 6, 2015. Office location: Westchester County.
The street address is: 1707
Eagle Bay Drive, Ossining,
NY 10562. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
served to: Alexander Middleton, 1707 Eagle Bay Drive,
Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of Sunshines Funding, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y of
State of NY (SSNY) on May
13, 2015. Office location:
Westchester. The street address is: 1333A North Avenue #309, New Rochelle, NY
mail process served to: Tanika Hanks, 1333A North Avenue #309, New Rochelle,
NY 10804 . Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6653 07/24 – 08/28
#6654 07/31 – 09/04
Friday, July 31, 2015 - WESTCHESTER’S MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 7
Seniors and Health Care
Health Dept.’s Tips to
Prevent Heat Illness
With the hot and humid summer weather
among us, the Westchester County Health Department is advising residents to avoid strenuous
activity in the extreme heat; drink plenty of nonalcoholic, decaffeinated beverages; and take precautions to prevent heat-related illness.
Heat stroke is a serious and life-threatening
condition that claims many lives nationwide each
year. Symptoms include hot, red and dry skin;
shallow breathing; a rapid, weak pulse; and confusion. Anyone suffering from heat stroke needs
to receive emergency medical treatment immediately.
Call 911 if you suspect heat stroke and immediately cool the overheated person while waiting
for emergency help to arrive.
“Heat stroke and dehydration can take you
by surprise,” said Dr. Sherlita Amler, Westchester County commissioner of health. “The elderly,
young children and those with high blood pressure,
heart disease or lung conditions need to be especially careful to avoid heat-related illnesses. High
humidity and some medications can also increase a
person’s risk for heat stroke.”
While less dangerous than heat stroke, heat
exhaustion also poses concerns. Seniors, children
up to age 4, people who are overweight or who
have high blood pressure and those who work in
hot environments are most at risk. Signs include
headache, nausea or vomiting, dizziness and exhaustion, as well as cool, moist, pale or flushed
skin.
People suffering from heat exhaustion should
be moved out of the sun and have cool, wet cloths
applied to their skin.
To prevent heat-related illnesses, the health
department recommends people drink two to four
glasses of water per hour during extreme heat,
even if you aren’t thirsty; limit any strenuous activity and exercise, especially during the sun’s peak
hours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; exercise when it is
cooler, during early morning hours or in the evening; avoid caffeine, alcohol and sugary drinks, as
these cause you to lose more body fluid; and stay
indoors, ideally in an air-conditioned place.
If your house or apartment isn’t air-conditioned, try spending a few hours at a shopping
mall, public library, movie theater or supermarket.
A few hours spent in air conditioning can help your
body stay cooler when you go back into the heat.
For addresses and phone numbers of libraries
and senior centers, go to http://health.westchestergov.com/stay-safe-in-the-sun.
Also, you can take a cool shower or bath and
reduce or eliminate strenuous activities during the
hottest time of day; wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothing to reflect heat and sunlight; and protect yourself from the sun by wearing
a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses, and by using
a broad spectrum sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher.
Never leave anyone – a person or animal –
in a closed, parked vehicle. Temperatures inside
a closed vehicle can quickly exceed 140 degrees
Fahrenheit, which is life-threatening.
Neighbors should check on elderly neighbors
to make sure they are safe, and residents should
bring pets inside and be sure to provide them with
plenty of water.
Elevated heat and humidity can also lead to
unhealthy ozone levels. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forecasts
daily ozone conditions at www.dec.ny.gov for
the New York Metropolitan area, which includes
Westchester County. Air quality updates are also
provided daily on the New York State Air Quality
Hotline at 1-800-535-1345.
Ozone is a gas produced by the action of sunlight on organic air contaminants from automobile
exhausts and other sources. Significant exposure
to ozone in the air has been linked with adverse
health effects. These may include nose and throat
irritation, respiratory symptoms, and decreases in
lung function.
People who experience these symptoms
should speak with a health care provider. Those
who may be especially sensitive to the effects of
ozone exposure include the very young, those who
exercise outdoors or are involved in strenuous outdoor work, and those with pre-existing respiratory
problems such as asthma. When ozone levels are
elevated, the Westchester County Department of
Health recommends limiting strenuous physical
activity outdoors to reduce the risk of adverse effects.
Elder Law Attorney Sheds
Light on Guardianships
Westchester elder law
Meyers. “The guardian,
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The program marked the latest speaking en- nity and to maintain the high standards of the legal
gagement for Meyers, who has spent two decades profession.
Named a “super lawyer” for the New York
protecting the rights of seniors, the disabled and
their families. An authority on Medicaid and Metro region by Thomson Reuters, Meyers is the
special-needs planning, her practice areas include immediate past chair of the Westchester County
elder law, home health care, Medicaid planning, Bar Association’s Elder Law Committee and a
member of the New York State Bar Association’s
guardianships, and wills, trusts and estates.
A guardianship petition under Article 81 of elder law section and trusts and estates Section. A
the Mental Hygiene Law is brought when a person frequent lecturer for both the WCBA and NYSBA,
requires some form of assistance with respect to Meyers is also an editor of the Westchester County
their health care, therapy and finances as well as Bar Journal and the NYSBA elder law section’s elwith day-to-day affairs. In many instances, Article der and Special Needs Law Journal.
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Town of Eastchester
Senior Programs & Services
Monday, Aug. 3
8 a.m. Early bird swim at Lake Isle
9:30 a.m. Line dancing with Theresa
12:45 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
12:45 p.m. Exercise with Linda
Tuesday, Aug. 4
8:30 a.m. Exercise video with Grace
10 a.m. Exercise with Patricia
10:30 a.m. Blood pressure screening with
Barbara O’Hagan, RN
Wednesday, Aug. 5
9:30 a.m. Tap-dancing with Paula
9:30 a.m. Drawing class with Stephanie
12:15 p.m. Bingo Bash
1 p.m. Mahjong/Bridge/cards
1 p.m. Zumba with Susan
Thursday, Aug. 6
9:30 a.m. Intermediate line dancing
12 p.m. Mini trip to Arthur Avenue (reservations required/space limited)
1 p.m. Mahjong/Pokeno/cards
Friday, Aug. 7
8:30 a.m. Exercise video
9:30 a.m. Exercise with Sonya
10:30 a.m. Current events with Maryann
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Public Auction Scheduled
For Beechwood House
The Beechwood House is for sale.
A public auction for state-owned property
will take place Thursday, Sept. 17 at noon at
3031 Purchase St., Harrison, announced New
York State Office of General Services Commissioner RoAnn Destito last week.
Complete details, including photos, legal
and reference documents and auction requirements can be found online at www.nysstore.com
,by clicking on “Scheduled Auctions.”
The auction will take place in the Student
Services Building on the SUNY Purchase College campus, 735 Anderson Hill Road, with registration beginning at 11 a.m.
Known as the Beechwood House, this 2
½-story Colonial Revival residence at 3031
Purchase St. is situated on a 3.51-acre lot. The
home contains 9,300 square feet of living space,
including eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms
and a detached two-car garage. It features five
fireplaces, hard wood flooring, an elliptical staircase, a library with built-in book cases, a sun-
room with multiple French doors and a stone
patio.
The home is eligible for inclusion on state
and national historic registers.
Open houses will be conducted: Tuesdays,
Aug. 11 and 18 from noon to 3 p.m.; and Thursdays, Aug. 13 and 20, and Sept. 3, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Additional site inspections can be scheduled by calling 518-474-2195 or emailing land.
[email protected].
The minimum bid is $1.3 million, with a
$130,000 deposit required to bid.
The property is being sold “as-is,” and prospective bidders are encouraged to obtain professional advice prior to the public sale to assure
compliance with building codes and any planned
use of the property. They are also encouraged to
contact a financial institution prior to the auction
in order to obtain pre-contract credit clearance
and borrowing guidelines.
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Orientation is a prelude to the intensive
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Fridays in September. Additional trainings can
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opportunities for parent aides, grant writers,
fundraisers and administrative/clerical workers.
English and English/Spanish speaking
volunteers are encouraged to attend.
As a volunteer, you can expect quality training and ongoing supervision, personal
growth, work experience, opportunities for new
friendships and the reward of being needed and
appreciated.
April’s Child serves the entire Westchester
County. Call 914-997-2642 to schedule a onehour orientation session and for more information. Orientation and training take place in the
White Plains office at 7 Holland Ave.
Schumer, Can
Iran’s neighbors will be incentivized to acquire
nukes, ensuring nuclear proliferation in a volatile
region.
I summarized a few lowlights of this shameful deal to indicate how they endanger international security. I hope Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey
and Sean Patrick Maloney, our Westchester
members of the House of Representatives (all
Democrats) may brave Obama’s pressure and
vote “no.” Engel has already expressed doubts
about the deal at House hearings, which is more
than Schumer has done.
Schumer’s February statement added: “A
successful deal will not be a middle-of-the-road
compromise, but a deal that removes any possibility of Iran being able to use nuclear weapons.
A nuclear Iran is not only an existential threat to
Israel, it is also a huge threat to the U.S.”
Alas, Obama is presenting – at best – a middling compromise, which will leave Iran with
nuclear bombs and delivery systems.
Former Iranian Prime Minister Rafsanjani
has threatened: “Israel is a one-bomb country.”
Iranian leaders have re-asserted their aspiration
to exterminate Israel. How would Americans feel
if our ally made a deal giving nukes to a country
that repeatedly trumpeted its determination to exterminate the U.S.?
If the high-fives with smiles at Geneva distracted you from understanding what Iran really
is, consider this: According to Amnesty International, Tehran has hanged 694 of its own citizens
from Jan. 1 through July 15 of this year! Obama
falsely claims that opponents of the deal present
no “alternatives.” The alternative at all times has
been, in Schumer’s own words, “a deal that removes any possibility of Iran being able to use
nuclear weapons,” backed by escalating sanctions.
Tehran’s real view is revealed in Ayatollah
Khamenei’s July 18 tweet depicting Obama holding a gun to his own head.
The need for Schumer’s leadership looms
larger every day. Schumer is conflicted between support for international security and his
Democratic aspirations. If Schumer musters the
courage to say out loud promptly what he said
in February – that this deal endangers the U.S.,
the Middle East and Israel – his leadership will
impact enormously. If Schumer betrays what he
said last winter in order to suck up to Obama’s
appeasement, he will have dealt a grave blow to
chances of rejecting the deal.
Schumer was targeted at an anti-deal rally
in Times Square last week. The New York Post
published an insouciant headline calling out:
“Hey, Sen Schumer: How about answering The
Post’s questions about the Iran Deal?” An advertisement being widely circulated calls for phone
calls to Schumer’s office, demanding that he
promptly denounce the deal. The phone number
is 202-224-6542. Ask Chuck if he still believes
what he said in February.
bombs without restrictions or sanctions in no
more than 15 years.
Obama’s assertion that the Deal “cuts off all
Iranian pathways to nuclear weapons” is a blatant
lie. The only question is the length of Tehran’s
“break out time” to possess a nuke.
Obama hopes it will be a year. Other observers say it will be a few months.
The deal evidently doesn’t square with concerns Schumer expressed last winter. He now
pleads: “I plan to carefully study the agreement
before making an informed decision.”
Sufficient time has elapsed for a Harvardeducated senator to take a stand. There is nothing
subtle about the deal’s disaster. Respected think
tanks – the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
– exposed the deadly details. Senate Foreign
Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) told
Secretary John Kerry that Iran had “fleeced” the
U.S.
Congressional Democrats are waiting to see
if Schumer has courage to lead opposition to the
deal. Schumer boasts of commitment to Israel’s
security by pointing out that his name means
“guardian” in Hebrew. The longer Schumer delays, the more it looks like he is cowed by Obama.
This intimidates other Democrats who don’t
like the deal but fear retribution by Obama.
The deal presents other flagrant threats to
U.S. security, such as eliminating in eight years
restrictions on Iran’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Iranians, seeing
Obama’s desperation for a deal, persuaded the
malleable Kerry to throw in ICBMs as a freebie
even though these were not nuclear sanctions.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of U.S.
Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 8: “Under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on Iran relative to ballistic missiles and arms trafficking.”
Obama apparently thinks he knows better.
He is willing to let a future president deal with
the risk of nuclear-armed ICBMs targeting the
United States.
Worse, the text says ICBM restrictions are
“voluntary,” meaning they are not binding. If
sanctions are re-imposed, Iran is liberated from
all of its undertakings. Other defects include
that we were lied to about “anytime, anywhere
inspections” and “snapback sanctions.” Neither
is in the deal. When Iran cheats, it will take at
least 24 days to inspect, and the evidence will be
erased.
Jackie Mason comments that the deal subjects Iran to less stringent inspections than required of New York restaurants.
The deal hands Iran $150 billion in sanctions cash, which will be funneled for terrorism.
Preservation of Affordable
Housing Units Announced
Mountco Construction and Development
Corp. announced a major milestone in its Rye
Manor project last week, ensuring the preservation of 100 affordable housing units for Rye seniors through 2045. Mountco also announced a
$1 million payment to the Rye Interfaith Housing Corporation.
This is in addition to $1 million that
Mountco has already paid to Rye Interfaith to
fund operating costs and provide seed money
for local affordable housing developments.
Built 25 years ago, Rye Manor required
extensive renovation in order to be maintained
as an affordable housing resource. Mountco
partnered with Rye Manor HDFC, the original
owner of the development, and negotiated a financing package that allowed the company to
pay off the existing HUD mortgage and provide the necessary repairs and improvements
without passing down costs to tenants.
The project was financed through tax-exempt bonds issued by the Westchester County
Industrial Development Agency and an allocation of federal low-income tax credits from the
New York State Housing Finance Agency.
Mountco’s funding partners in the project
are Citibank, which purchased the bonds; and
First Sterling, which purchased the tax credits.
“Rye Manor marks Mountco’s 12th affordable housing preservation project in collaboration with a local nonprofit, and we’re
particularly proud that each of those projects
generated significant funding for nonprofit and
municipal partners – all without raising rents a
penny, ” said Mountco President and Founder
Joel Mounty. “Thanks to our management
company, Community Housing Management
Corp., and our financial partners: the Westchester Industrial Development Agency; Citi Bank,
which has funded six of our projects; and First
Sterling, which has partnered with us on six affordable housing developments.”
“When this affordable development was
built in 1987, the government was there to
make it happen,” added NYS Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner/CEO James
Rubin. “Our role in 2015 is to help preserve
this essential asset – 100 apartments that have
been safe, secure and affordable homes for so
many seniors. Thanks to our shared commitment and hard work, we’ve protected this affordable housing as an irreplaceable resource in
the heart of a vibrant and beautiful community.
The people who live here now can be assured
this will remain their home for years to come.”
County Executive Robert P. Astorino said
Westchester is proud to have provided Rye
Manor with the financial support to rehabilitate
100 affordable housing units.
“By taking advantage of the resources that
Westchester County IDA offers, the Rye Manor
redevelopment project will provide health and
safe affordable senior housing for years to
come,” he said.
The project created 75 construction jobs
and significant construction contracting opportunities for minority- and women-owned
businesses. Additionally, the project generated
$200,000 in municipal impact and other fees to
the city, and will generate a $70,000 annual increase in PILOT payments.
“The Rye Manor Development has been a
very positive addition to our community since
it was constructed more than 28 years ago,”
said Rye Mayor Joseph Sack. “The city is very
pleased that it was able to help our seniors by
providing a pilot agreement, which assisted in
the new refinancing,”
“When the Rye Manor Board, Mountco
and Community Housing Management explained their redevelopment plans to the tenants in 2013, we agreed to support their plan,”
added Josephine Delmonte of the Rye Manor
Tenant Association. “We are very happy we did
because the project turned out great. Rye Manor has been a lovely place to make our home,
and now we know it will continue to be a safe
and attractive place to live for many years to
come.”
Bruce Macleod, president of Rye Interfaith
Housing Corporation, said the board wanted to
make sure it could preserve Rye Manor as an
affordable housing development and completely renovate the property in a way that generated
additional funds for the city without costing the
tenants more money.
“We were able to do that and the fact that
our corporation is receiving a fee for our work
is just a bonus,” he said. “We had the opportunity to work with other development groups,
but the way things turned out we are very
pleased we selected Mountco as our partner.”
The 74,000-square-foot development remained fully occupied by residents throughout
the renovations, which included exterior masonry repair and new windows, glazing new
roofing, kitchen cabinets and appliances, baths,
new flooring and paint, upgrades to the heating
system, elevators and new light fixtures, outlets
and electric panels.
Astorino Visits
“Unfortunately, too many Americans find
their dreams limited by where they come from,
and a zip code should never determine a child’s
future,” said Julian Castro, secretary of the department of Housing and Urban Development.
“This important step will give local leaders the
tools they need to provide all Americans with access to safe, affordable housing in communities
that are rich with opportunity.”
The 5-4 decision written by Justice Anthony
Kennedy states: “The Court acknowledges the
Fair Housing Act’s continuing role in moving the
nation toward a more integrated society.”
The decision upholds a legal strategy of
fighting lending practices, local housing policies and zoning laws that supporters of the HUD
strategy claim have impacted the lack of racial
minorities in many small Westchester communities.
Astorino explained: “Here’s how it works:
HUD decides whether your neighborhood
meets the quotas the agency believes represent
the proper balance of race, income, education
and other demographic features. If the zip code
doesn’t measure up, HUD then prescribes corrective measures, which essentially come down
to running roughshod over local zoning so HUD
can socially engineer the character of your community to bring it in line with its quotas.”
In Chappaqua, Astorino knocked on Clinton’s door to see if she was home. He gave his
phone number to an aide who said Clinton would
call him back. Astorino said he wants to ask her
whether she believes the town she lives in is discriminatory, and whether she, as the presumptive
Democratic nominee for president, supports the
current administration’s radical housing policies.
“It would give many of her neighbors in
town and throughout the county some comfort
to hear her respond ‘no’ and ‘no,’” said Astorino.
federal housing mandate will impact more than
1,200 municipalities, and is an intrusion on local
zoning control and will lead to zoning and land
use decisions coming from Washington, D.C.
“HUD has told Westchester that any limits
on the size, type, height and density of buildings are ‘restrictive practices,’” he said. “It demands that the county sue its localities over such
common zoning regulations, which are not exclusionary by any stretch of the imagination. If
HUD can define what constitutes exclusionary
practices, then local zoning as it is known today
disappears. Apartments, high rises or whatever
else the federal government or a developer wants
can be built on any block in America.
“HUD’s power grab is based on the mistaken belief that zoning and discrimination are the
same. They are not. Zoning restricts what can be
built, not who lives there.
“Westchester is proudly the fourth most diverse county in New York in its population of
African-Americans and Hispanics,” continued
Astorino in a recent op-ed. “Hispanics are the
county’s fastest-growing ethnic group, increasing in every community in the last census. The
number of African-Americans continues to grow
in contrast to an exodus from many areas in the
Northeast. But HUD won’t budge. Its vision for
remaking neighborhoods depends on gaining
control of local zoning.”
The new HUD housing rule comes after the
U.S. Supreme Court recently reaffirmed HUD’s
power to ban housing policies and enforce the
Fair Housing Act, which originally was passed in
1968 and barred racial discrimination, demanding the government end segregation.
Friday, July 31, 2015 - WESTCHESTEr Rising - PAGE 9
Playland Celebrates 100th
Anniversary of Carousel
Artist-in-Residence Exit
Exhibition at Art Center
Playland’s carousel, with meticulous artwork on each horse, turns 100 this year.
Sixty-six hand-carved horses and three
chariots with dazzling jewels set the backdrop
as County Executive Robert Astorino unveiled
a new plaque designed to mark the 100th anniversary of the Grand Carousel at Playland Park
on July 23.
“This magnificent ride dates back to 1915,
which is 13 years before the opening of Playland,” he said. “The ride has a great history
that will forever be documented on this new
plaque. I encourage everyone to take a spin
on the carousel and experience the joy it has
brought to so many generations over the past
century.”
Playland’s 1915 Grand Carousel was
named one of the top 10 carousels in America
in “Painted “Ponies, a book on classic carousel
art by William Manns.
The commemoration of the carousel’s
first 100 years culminated with a celebration
in the park July 26, featuring a display of automobiles from the 1920s and 1930s. Actors in
period costumes handed out giveaways, and a
birthday cake celebration followed.
Celebration sponsors included Neri’s
Bakery, Antique Automobile Club of AmericaWestchester Region, Playland’s “Scared by
the Sound” haunted attraction and Friends of
Westchester County Parks.
Admission prices at Playland are $30 for
unlimited rides, or $20 for juniors (those less
than 48 inches tall); those with acceptable
proof of Westchester residency are eligible for
a $5 discount. Spectator admission is free for
residents and $10 for non-residents.
Playland Park is located on Playland Parkway in Rye. For more information, go to www.
ryeplayland.org or call 914-813-7010.
Change A Life
With Guiding Eyes
The works of Kelley Donahue on display at Clay Art Center.
Clay Art Center will present a solo exhibition
featuring work made during the year-long residency of Barbara Rittenberg Memorial Fellow Kelley
Donahue. “There’s No Such Thing as the Future”
will be open Aug. 4 to 29, with an opening reception Saturday, Aug. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m.
This multi-media exhibition will be an immersion for the senses and the mind with a synthesis of
highly-decorated abstract ceramic objects, textiles,
light and music of her own design. Admission to
the gallery and the Shop at CAC, featuring oneof-a kind handmade pottery and sculpture, is free.
Donahue joined the Clay Art Center community in September 2014. During her tenure she
has taught adult and youth ceramic art classes and
built the body of work to be revealed in her upcoming exhibition. Donahue’s figurative and abstract
organic objects act as three-dimensional canvases.
“My work is installed in an arrangement that
offers an immersive experience of sound, light,
projections and performance,” said Donahue.
“The narratives in my work are usually related to
the universality of the existential unease I experi-
ence. By pinning specific questions (How can we
be happy knowing others suffer?) onto a spectrum
of non-descript objects, imagery, sound and space,
an avenue of openness with the question is created,
and new perspectives become more accessible.”
Donahue grew up in northern California and
received her bachelor’s degree in art studio from
Humboldt State University, with clay being her
primary. She then spent two years of independent
focus in the studio at HSU. In 2012, she moved to
Alfred to pursue a master’s degree in ceramics, at
the New York State College of Ceramics, and just
completed the program.
Clay Art Center is a not-for-profit ceramic art
organization offering exhibitions, clay classes for
adults and children, studio spaces for clay artists
and outreach programs in the community. It is located in the heart of Port Chester at 40 Beech St.
Gallery and shop hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment.
For more information or images, contact
Dominique Mason at dominique@clayartcenter.
org or 914-937-2047, ext. 226.
Yorktown’s FDR Pool
To Get a Makeover
Guiding Eyes graduate Abigail Lanier with Alexa, her first guide dog from the non-profit.
In honor of International Assistance Dog
Week, Guiding Eyes for the Blind is inviting
Westchester residents to get involved in the nonprofit’s mission to transform lives through a number of special opportunities for volunteerism and
philanthropy.
Held Aug. 2 to 8, International Assistance
Dog Week was created to recognize the devoted,
hardworking service dogs that help individuals
achieve their goals in life. Behind these incredible
dogs are thousands of people who make Guiding
Eyes’ life-changing work possible.
“International Assistance Dog Week is a time
to recognize the importance of service dogs and
the freedom they provide,” said Linda Press, vice
president of development at Guiding Eyes for the
Blind. “It is also the perfect opportunity to celebrate the amazing achievements of our graduates
who, with Guiding Eyes dogs by their side, are
able to experience all of life’s adventures.”
Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the
age of 4, Abigail Lanier received her first Guiding Eyes dog, Alexa, shortly before entering college. The pair conquered four years at Appalachian State University together and Lanier, now
23, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music
industry studies and a minor in general business.
“My relationship with Alexa has transformed
my life,” said Lanier. “We’ve been through many
challenges together, but continue to come out on
the other side stronger.”
In 2013, Lanier was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. “It was
Alexa who laid at my side when I received the
news,” she said. “She handled the logistics of battling the disease with ease. Whenever there were
no words – and a very broken heart – it was her
black coat that would catch my tears.”
Guiding Eyes’ Alexa confidently escorted
Lanier out of her last radiation treatment in January 2014. The pair celebrated by traveling to
Washington, D.C., where Lanier – now with no
trace of cancer – completed the Nike Women’s
Half Marathon.
“There are no words to describe what it
means to confidently and independently get
around with the best companion at my side,” she
said. “Alexa is completely priceless.”
Guiding Eyes for the Blind makes a profound
and immediate difference in peoples’ lives, creating and supporting life-changing connections
between people and exceptional dogs. The nonprofit provides guide dogs, professional training
and lifetime support services to people with vision loss at no cost to them, depending solely on
contributions to fulfill its mission. Additionally,
Guiding Eyes places specially trained service
dogs with children on the autism spectrum.
“We are incredibly grateful to our generous
donors and volunteers for helping our graduates
find new independence and the confidence to
live life more fully,” said Press. “There are many
ways to get involved in our organization and really make a difference.”
Guiding Eyes’ vast network of volunteers
spans 12 states throughout the northeast who are
key to raising, training and socializing the nonprofit’s future guide dogs, as well as supporting
its operations in Yorktown Heights and Patterson.
Puppy-raisers welcome 8-week-old puppies into
their homes with full support from Guiding Eyes,
including training classes and free vet care, for a
14- to 16-month period before sending them off to
their calling as guide dogs.
The organization also offers a number of
unique donation opportunities, such as sponsoring a graduation ceremony or naming a future
guide dog puppy. Partnerships with Amazon
Smile, eBay and Goodsearch allow shoppers to
contribute to Guiding Eyes through their purchases. Supporters are also invited to honor the special
people or pets in their lives with a memorial or
tribute gift, or help further Guiding Eyes’ mission
with their own in-kind gift of goods, services or
expertise.
To learn more about Guiding Eyes’ volunteer
opportunities or to make a donation online, visit
www.guidingeyes.org. Cell phone users may text
the word “guide” to phone number 80888 to donate $10 to further Guiding Eyes’ programs and
services.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is located at 611
Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights; and can
be reached at 914-245-4024 or www.guidingeyes.
org. For the latest news, visit Guiding Eyes on
Facebook and Twitter.
The FDR pool in Yorktown to slated for renovations.
State Sen. Terrence Murphy joined state officials in announcing the grand opening of the new
$3.6 million entrance plaza at Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, which includes a completely
revitalized bathhouse facility and welcome area
for the park’s acre-size pool. The project is part
of a larger initiative to rehabilitate and modernize
the state park system adopted in this year’s state
budget, which Murphy supported.
“FDR Park provides both our local residents
and visitors a wonderful Hudson Valley experience,” said Murphy. “This multi-million dollar
renovation will not only add more comfort to the
different activities offered here, but highlights
New York’s embrace of green energy initiatives,
such as the solar thermal hot water supply, which
was installed as part of this project.”
“Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park offers
some of the best summer recreation opportunities
and through the NY Parks 2020 program, we are
making them better than ever,” added Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “I am proud to see the progress at
this park move forward and I encourage visitors
to take advantage of all that Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park has to offer this summer.”
The pool, open daily from late June through
Labor Day, can hold up to 3,500 visitors at a time
and is one of the major attractions of FDR State
Park. The adjacent bathhouse facility, with restrooms, showers and changing areas, had not been
modernized since its construction in 1965.
The renovation features a completely new
bathhouse interior, including the addition of four
new family restrooms, new epoxy finishes on
floors and walls, as well as new lighting, ceiling
fans, lockers and benches, which provides a more
comfortable experience for park visitors.
There is also a newly-installed heavy timber roof structure that protects the bathhouse and
its occupants from the elements; a solar thermal
hot water supply, which allows direct sunlight to
heat the water stored and used in the building;
and water-saving plumbing fixtures and energyefficient LED lights that make the facility more
environmentally sustainable.
In addition, tall masonry walls around the
bathhouse complex that obstructed the park’s
scenic, natural backdrops were demolished to
open attractive vistas of Mohansic Lake to pool
visitors.
Outside the bathhouse, the garden-like entrance plaza features a welcome station, complete
with new site furnishings and native plants and
trees. Innovative storm water management practices, which include a filtering rain garden and
pervious pavers in its plaza and walkways, build
on last year’s project to improve drainage and reduce storm water run-off.
A 2014 partnership between State Parks and
the Department of Transportation installed approximately 27,000 square feet of bio-retention
basins to remove pollutants from storm water,
allowing cleaner water flow into Mohansic Lake
and effectively reduce phosphorous in the New
York City watershed.
“The revitalization of Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Park will bring an excellent economic opportunity for the Yorktown Community,” said
Assemblyman Steve Katz. “The improved facilities at FDR will provide a safe and fun environment for all patrons who enjoy the outdoors. I
look forward to seeing all future developments
the governor’s administration has to better enhance state parks across the Hudson Valley and
New York State.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, located
in Yorktown Heights, is a popular destination
for swimming, picnicking, disc golf, jogging,
fishing, non-motorized boating and other forms
of outdoor recreation. The 2015-16 state budget
allocates $110 million toward improving and expanding access to outdoor recreation.
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A.G. Williams Honored as
Family Biz in Westchester
Kenny Rogers Rocks Empire
Casino at Yonkers Raceway
The A.G. Williams Painting Company team includes, from left, Doug Kitchen from the
Greenwich office, George Williams Jr., Liane Rigano, George Williams and Paul Viggano
from the Pelham office.
A.G. Williams Painting Company, Inc.,
was recently honored at an event focused on
celebrating family entrepreneurs when it was
chosen as a winner of the Westfair Communications Family-Owned Business Awards.
Twenty family businesses from Westchester and Fairfield counties representing diverse
industries were selected by industry leaders in
their respective fields as honorees at the event.
More than 200 people attended the ceremony,
which was held at 1133 Westchester Ave.,
White Plains.
“This truly is a great honor for our company,” said George Williams, president and
CEO of A.G. Williams Painting Company.
“My grandfather started the company in 1906
and he could never have envisioned this – a
company with two locations, 65 employees
and expansion possibilities in other counties –
but he had a lot of wisdom and he instilled in
his family a culture of honesty, accountability,
integrity and reliability. That culture has been
handed down through our family and through
our employees to this day, combined with his
motto that if you work hard and play by the
rules, you’re going to succeed.”
Westfair Communications Publisher Dee
DelBello said winners were chosen based on
several factors, including the number of years
in business, how many generations are participating, the success and continuity of the business, and how the business gives back to the
community.
“Family-owned businesses deserve recognition for their creativity, hard work and tenaciousness,” said DelBello. “The Westchester
County Business Journal and its sister publication, Fairfield County Business Journal, host
the annual Family-Owned Business Awards
because – from the newspapers’ vantage point
– family-owned businesses are driving the
economy in the region and indeed the nation
with family-owned businesses accounting for
50 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.”
A.G. Williams Painting Company is located at 411 Pelham Ave., Pelham. For more
information, visit www.agwilliamspainting.
com.
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